# יָנָה (yanah) Israeli respelling: ya-nah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H3238. 19 Old Testament occurrences. to rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreat King James renderings: destroy, (thrust out by) oppress(-ing, -ion, -or), proud, vex, do violence. Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/yanah-h3238 ## Occurrences - [Exodus 22:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/22/21) — Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. - [Leviticus 19:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/19/33) — And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. - [Leviticus 25:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/25/14) — And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another: - [Leviticus 25:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/25/17) — Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God:for I am the LORD your God. - [Deuteronomy 23:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/23/16) — He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not… - [Psalms 74:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/74/8) — They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. - [Isaiah 49:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/49/26) — And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all fl… - [Jeremiah 22:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/22/3) — Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do n… - [Jeremiah 25:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/25/38) — He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce… - [Jeremiah 46:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/46/16) — He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativ… - [Jeremiah 50:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/50/16) — Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn e… - [Ezekiel 18:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/18/7) — And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry,… - [Ezekiel 18:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/18/12) — Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath c… - [Ezekiel 18:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/18/16) — Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and h… - [Ezekiel 22:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/22/7) — In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they v… - [Ezekiel 22:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/22/29) — The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the strange… - [Ezekiel 45:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/45/8) — In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to… - [Ezekiel 46:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/46/18) — Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his… - [Zephaniah 3:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zephaniah/3/1) — Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!